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yunki on "Rigid Souls"http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rigid-souls#post-5464193
Mon, 28 Oct 2013 19:03:53 +0000yunki5464193@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>It definitely feels a touch lighter..<br />
I've missed the bounce on some rough descents, and have often had to force myself to slow down..</p>
<p>Obviously it's gonna depend where you're riding and what sort of riding you prefer to do
</p>avdave2 on "Rigid Souls"http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rigid-souls#post-5464179
Mon, 28 Oct 2013 18:59:40 +0000avdave25464179@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>You could also consider running it as a 69er with 440mm forks.
</p>ratherbeintobago on "Rigid Souls"http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rigid-souls#post-5464115
Mon, 28 Oct 2013 18:42:00 +0000ratherbeintobago5464115@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>Does it feel noticeably lighter running a rigid fork, and do you miss the bounce at all?
</p>FOG on "Rigid Souls"http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rigid-souls#post-5463288
Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:56:35 +0000FOG5463288@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>I tend to run mine in the winter with an old carbon fork, o-one I think which is 100mm corrected and works fine
</p>mobes on "Rigid Souls"http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rigid-souls#post-5463273
Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:52:15 +0000mobes5463273@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>Rides better than I thought it would to be honest. I used to run a 140mm Fox 32 on there before I decided to go rigid, so I wanted the 29er fork for the longer A-C so the front end didn't drop too much.
</p>Northwind on "Rigid Souls"http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rigid-souls#post-5462987
Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:43:28 +0000Northwind5462987@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>Love the skinwalls!
</p>YoKaiser on "Rigid Souls"http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rigid-souls#post-5462957
Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:39:10 +0000YoKaiser5462957@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>That looks great Mobes <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_cool.gif" title="8)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> Hows it riding?</p>
<p>Sounds like the A-C won't be a problem and indeed using a 29er fork.
</p>mobes on "Rigid Souls"http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rigid-souls#post-5462896
Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:25:43 +0000mobes5462896@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>Ive just swapped mine over to rigid fork. Im running 29er Salsa Cromoto forks.</p>
<p><img src="http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k95/simon1303/null_zps96f7c753.jpg">
</p>Northwind on "Rigid Souls"http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rigid-souls#post-5462628
Mon, 28 Oct 2013 11:10:28 +0000Northwind5462628@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>I used to, now got a Soda the same. I used the Exotic 29er carbon fork (46.5cm) to give it "long travel" geometry as it normally had 130mm u-turn Revs, worked really well. The Soda's got a 45cm Hylix in it which does feel a little "tighter", for possibly imaginary reasons the Soda just felt better with a little less fork.</p>
<p>Hylixes: Scary light tbh, not totally sure this was a good decision but they've done nothing wrong</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53860438@N06/8601016464/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8379/8601016464_6427556eeb_b.jpg"></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53860438@N06/8601016464/">IMG_1731</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/53860438@N06/">Northwindlowlander</a>, on Flickr</p>
<p>Don't seem to have any pics of the soul in rigid mode so here's the soda with the exotic forks.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53860438@N06/8244729055/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8066/8244729055_d1e06b7d93_b.jpg"></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53860438@N06/8244729055/">IMG_1516</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/53860438@N06/">Northwindlowlander</a>, on Flickr
</p>YoKaiser on "Rigid Souls"http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rigid-souls#post-5462593
Mon, 28 Oct 2013 11:04:01 +0000YoKaiser5462593@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>Good stuff, I've a 29er Salsa fork in mind (A-C seems to be about 470mm) You got any pics with the Salsa fork?
</p>yunki on "Rigid Souls"http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rigid-souls#post-5462587
Mon, 28 Oct 2013 11:03:10 +0000yunki5462587@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>I always ran mine with a 445mm a2c exotic carbon and some rise on the stem and bar..<br />
It was just about the perfect combination for a rigid bike for me<br />
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</p>letmetalktomark on "Rigid Souls"http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rigid-souls#post-5462556
Mon, 28 Oct 2013 10:57:02 +0000letmetalktomark5462556@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>I briefly ran mine with a 440mm Salsa fork.</p>
<p>It was plenty quick but (to me) not twitchy.
</p>YoKaiser on "Rigid Souls"http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rigid-souls#post-5462533
Mon, 28 Oct 2013 10:50:59 +0000YoKaiser5462533@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>Anyone running their Soul with a rigid fork? How is it working for you? And what fork are you using? Any A-C sizes would be good too.
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